Rumyana Mokanova
Contributing Writer
Rumyana Mokanova - Bozhidar Staevski
I am a Bulgarian journalist with a Master's Degree in journalism at St Clement of Ohrid University of Sofia and 15-year practice in daily and weekly newspapers. Now as a reporter for a local weekly newspaper I am covering almost all the spheres of economic, social and cultural life and even some sport events in the region. However, history is my great passion.
I have always been eager to learn new things and meet new challenges. Being a Suite101 Contributing Writer is the greatest of them and the best way to "fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds' worth of distance run..."
Latest Articles
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Prominent KGB Agents in Britain
Engelbert Broda and Melita Norwood were top Soviet spies in Great Britain during WWII and the Cold War. They both contributed to Moscow's nuclear advance.
Jul 20, 2010
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Saint Paul of the Cross
St Paul of the Cross was an 18th-century Catholic mystic from Italy and the founder of the Passionist Congregation.
Jul 6, 2010
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Father Jerzy Popieluszko
Known as the Priest of Solidarity, Fr Popieluszko was brutally murdered by communist secret police agents in 1984.
Jul 1, 2010
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The Life and Death of Blessed Eugene Bossilkov
Bishop Bossilkov was one of the Bulgarian Catholic priests killed by the communists in 1950s.
Jun 20, 2010
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Osman Pazvantoglu – a Powerful Rebel Against Sultan Selim III
Pazvantoglu was an Ottoman governor of Vidin (Bulgaria) who established an independent rule and turned himself into the sultan's worst nightmare.
Jun 18, 2010
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Women Saints - the Co-Patronesses of Europe
The group of the co-patrons of Europe includes three women - St Bridget of Sweden, St Catherine of Siena and St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Jun 14, 2010
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The Life of Saint Benedict of Nursia
Regarded as the founder of the western monasticism, Saint Benedict is also proclaimed the original patron saint of Europe.
Jun 12, 2010
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Saints Cyril and Methodius – Co-patrons of Europe
The two brothers, also known as "Apostles of the Slavs", devised the Slavonic alphabet and overthrew the trilingual dogma.
Jun 10, 2010
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Carlos the Jackal
Captured in Sudan in 1994, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez is currently serving a life sentence in France.
Feb 21, 2010
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Roman Gladiators' Daily Life
Forensic analyses of the remains in the gladiators' graveyard in Ephesus revealed that they were hard training vegetarians who enjoyed advanced medical care.
Feb 6, 2010
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